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Hi guys,
Once, I do not remember the source, I have read about how GMAT answer choices are arranged. This arrangement follows a specific psychological pattern, which is based on people's ordinary way of thinking.
First, it was assumed that often first comming As and Bs are alluring enough to consider them right answers.
Second, when one reads a CR argument and than thouse As, Bs and Cs, keeping in mind 2-3 complex arguments, a flaw and a conclusion, first 3 answer choices somehow can modify the readers original understanding of an argument. Than, when one reads E and D answer choices, his/her understanding is distorted a bit, sometimes enough to choose a wrong answer choice (either D or E, I mean if D is correct than one may select E).
Third, in quantative section, I have observed that when it is asked to analyse all answer choices and to choose one that corresponds to a graph for example, very often the corrrect answer choice is located in D or E. Of course you spend preciuos seconds doing A,B and C.
Thus, it was recomended to read and analyse the answer choices vice versa from E->A, or even from the middle : to begin to read from C than pairs of D&B and of E&A (it is easy, when you cross wrong answers on your paper).
So, what are your thoughts, observations and feelings about this? Please share your experience and ideas
p.s. once (in one of the sections from OG 11th edition) I have counted how many correct answers are D&E and how are A&B&C. the result was 56% and 44% correspondingly.
Give me Kudos, if my post is valuable for you.
Once, I do not remember the source, I have read about how GMAT answer choices are arranged. This arrangement follows a specific psychological pattern, which is based on people's ordinary way of thinking.
First, it was assumed that often first comming As and Bs are alluring enough to consider them right answers.
Second, when one reads a CR argument and than thouse As, Bs and Cs, keeping in mind 2-3 complex arguments, a flaw and a conclusion, first 3 answer choices somehow can modify the readers original understanding of an argument. Than, when one reads E and D answer choices, his/her understanding is distorted a bit, sometimes enough to choose a wrong answer choice (either D or E, I mean if D is correct than one may select E).
Third, in quantative section, I have observed that when it is asked to analyse all answer choices and to choose one that corresponds to a graph for example, very often the corrrect answer choice is located in D or E. Of course you spend preciuos seconds doing A,B and C.
Thus, it was recomended to read and analyse the answer choices vice versa from E->A, or even from the middle : to begin to read from C than pairs of D&B and of E&A (it is easy, when you cross wrong answers on your paper).
So, what are your thoughts, observations and feelings about this? Please share your experience and ideas
p.s. once (in one of the sections from OG 11th edition) I have counted how many correct answers are D&E and how are A&B&C. the result was 56% and 44% correspondingly.
Give me Kudos, if my post is valuable for you.
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17 Apr 2010, 10:33
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this seems to be interesting. But i would suggest you to concentrate on concepts.
pattern of DS questions will be good to know.
like if state1 is not sufficient then prob of which ans choice is more and same for the 2.
pattern of DS questions will be good to know.
like if state1 is not sufficient then prob of which ans choice is more and same for the 2.
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I have spent plenty of time thinking about it 
There is really not that much that you can pick up from the patterns and answer choice arrangements, esp when under huge stress pressure. If you want to count all of the answer choices, here is a file with all of the questions/answer choices in the OG 12: gmat-club-guide-to-the-gmat-official-guide-12th-ed-85956.html
The best part/trick/tip I know of, is that answers are always arranged in an increasing/decreasing order, so you can quickly find the one you need to jump one or a few down.
Also, probably the technique worth exploring more, which people often neglect, is backsolving and being not afraid to use it and knowing when/how to use it.
There is really not that much that you can pick up from the patterns and answer choice arrangements, esp when under huge stress pressure. If you want to count all of the answer choices, here is a file with all of the questions/answer choices in the OG 12: gmat-club-guide-to-the-gmat-official-guide-12th-ed-85956.html
The best part/trick/tip I know of, is that answers are always arranged in an increasing/decreasing order, so you can quickly find the one you need to jump one or a few down.
Also, probably the technique worth exploring more, which people often neglect, is backsolving and being not afraid to use it and knowing when/how to use it.
